Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Exemptions from Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building — 1 Nov 2011 at 22:00

Nick Herbert MP, Arundel and South Downs voted not to exclude squatting in a building which has been empty for six months or more and where there are no significant steps being taken to refurbish, let or sell the building at the time of the trespass from a new offence of squatting in a residential building.

The majority of MPs voted not to exclude squatting in a building which has been empty for six months or more and where there are no significant steps being taken to refurbish, let or sell the building at the time of the trespass from a new offence of squatting in a residential building.

MPs were considering the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:

Amendment proposed to new clause 26: (a), line 7, insert—

‘(2A) The offence is not committed where the building has been empty for six months or more and where there are no significant steps being taken to refurbish, let or sell the building at the time of the trespass.’.

New clause 26[2] titled Offence of squatting in a residential building defines that offence the above text was an addition to that definition.

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